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Hear it from me and @michaelschaffer first on @CMRobertWhiteDC and his big issue from a little piece of text. | Robert White Could be Ineligible for Election Unless He Resigns dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/r…
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So apparently the law bans sitting officeholders from becoming DC Delegate. Which is an issue for the sitting officeholder who's about to win the election... dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/r…
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Interesting: A new report from @DCPoliceDept says that in 2024 police recovered 2,895 guns in the city. Forty-six percent were in the police districts covering wards 7 and 8.
Of the guns that were tracked, most were Glocks and most came from Virginia, followed by Maryland.
New details from the 58-page criminal complaint in the killings of 14-year-old Tyale Coates and 12-year-old Mhilo Young reveal one of the murder suspects recorded a video rapping about the shooting.
Police believe the two children were targeted simply because of where they live. Instagram messages helped investigators piece it together:
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Now: Interim D.C. Police Chief Jeffery Carroll says a 2nd suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in the killings of 12-year-old Mhilo Young and 14-year-old Tyale Coates. The arrest occurred in the past hour.
Story to be updated with more:
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Antonio Terry, the 18-year-old accused of murdering a 12- and 14-year-old in D.C. earlier this year, just made his first appearance in court. He is pleading not guilty.
Prosecutors said text messages suggest he was motivated by "retaliation" on behalf of a group.
A judge ordered him held in jail awaiting his next hearing on Nov. 9. More here:
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An 18-year-old has been charged with murder in connection with the killings of two children in Northeast D.C. in April. @EmmaUber7
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NOW: An 18-year-old has been arrested in connection with the shooting that killed 14-year-old Tyale Coates and 12-year-old Mhilo Young earlier this year.
Antonio Terry is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon.
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Another Stadium, More Taxpayer Dollars? Council Weighs In On Audi Field Roof. dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/s…
Looks like DDOT is out with a new PSA on e-scooters and e-bikes.
Follows the death of a D.C. govt official in an e-scooter collision and a spate of incidents in which suspects fled crime scenes on e-vehicles.
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The debris trucks I photographed yesterday at the East Potomac Golf Course with taped-over logos also went so far as to tape over their license plates. Just re-watched the video I shot of them arriving and noticed that.
.@maustermuhle and I joined @michaelschaffer on the @CityCast_DC pod to talk Trump’s plans for East Potomac Park, the National Guard shooting on Capitol Hill and the D.C. Council’s traffic camera debate.
Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts):
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EXCLUSIVE: D.C. is launching a recruitment campaign aimed at hiring police officers, corrections officers, firefighters and paramedics.
The nearly $500K push comes as competition from federal law enforcement has worsened D.C. police's long standing staffing crisis.
Named DC Calls, the campaign spans from Maryland's Eastern Shore (where market research found billboards are likely to recruit firefighters) to New York City (where targeted digital ads aim to attract young police recruits).
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Ward 8 Council member Trayon White says he will launch a legal defense fund to continue paying for attorneys for a possible second trial that federal prosecutors say they want to bring on bribery allegations. Today his current attorney alluded to the high cost of the defense.
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Such dogged work by @alyssafowers -- definitely worth your time -- dc.citycast.fm/news/buwa-bin…
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A City Cast DC investigation found that influential housing developer Buwa Binitie's companies own or operate buildings with more than 1,600 outstanding housing code violations in the District. @alyssafowers
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"As soon as the dishwasher door opens, the smell of dead cockroaches spills out into Demerash Garbo’s studio apartment."
What a stomach-churning start to this story, for which @alyssafowers examined more than 80,000 Department of Buildings records, hundreds of business licenses and dozens of D.C. Council contracts. She found that Buwa Binitie’s companies own or operate buildings with more than 1,600 outstanding housing code violations in D.C., including life-threatening issues that have gone unaddressed for years.
A must read:
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NEW: Federal prosecutors announce they will retry D.C. Councilmember Trayon White.
They told a judge today they plan to seek a superseding indictment, meaning they may bring additional charges against White. His bribery trial ended in a mistrial last month.
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During presser, @USAttyPirro on working w/an incoming D.C. mayor (@Janeese4DC) critical of the admin.
"I respect that decision," Pirro said of D.C. picking JLG. "But I’m not going to step back from anything I’m doing. This city is safer ... I look forward to hearing from her."